The Batesville Junior Pioneers may still be searching for an answer to their 0-4 overall record, but the Batesville coaching staff believes progress is being made. “I’m not one for moral victories, but I think we are improving,” Craig Stave, the Junior Pioneers’ offensive coordinator, …

MAGNOLIA — Izard County’s Jordan Sherrell provided the Guard-circulation area schools a highlight in high school state golf tournaments Tuesday. In the Class 1A event on the Magnolia Country Club, Sherrell shot a 99 to finish third in individual scoring. Sherrell finished 11 strokes behind …

The sixth edition of the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce Fall Golf Classic is set for Friday afternoon at The Course at Eagle Mountain, according to a news release from the chamber. Registration for the 4-person scramble, which is also being sponsored by Modern Woodmen …

Pro football WASHINGTON (AP) — The embarrassing NFL referee saga and the disputed call that gave the Seahawks a victory over the Packers on Monday night has reached the campaign for the White House, with President Barack Obama deeming it “terrible” and declaring it was …

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andy Williams, the silky-voiced, clean-cut crooner, whose hit recording “Moon River” and years of popular Christmas TV shows brought him fans the world over has died, his publicist said. He was 84. Williams died Tuesday night at his home in Branson …

Charles Kenneth Smith, 81, of Batesville died Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, at his home. Born Dec. 8, 1930, in Sulphur Rock, he was the son of George and Bertha Smith. He was a 1949 graduate of Sulphur Rock High School and served in the U.S. …

CALICO ROCK — Robert Eugene Clemens, 62, died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Calico Rock. Born Nov. 27, 1949, in St. Louis, he was the son of Oliver and Evelyn Knickerbocker Clemens. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving three tours as a Green Beret …

SIDNEY — Danny Hamilton, 58, of Sidney died Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, at his home. Born Aug. 2, 1954, at Batesville, he was the son of Milton and Elzada Sipe Hamilton. He had worked as a plumber for several years. He was a member of …

Services for Julia Nadine Hamilton, age 92, of Mount Vernon, Texas, were held Thursday, September 20, 2012, in Sam B. Harvey Funeral Home Chapel, Mount Vernon, Texas. Burial was at Dawson County Cemetery, Lamesa, Texas. She was born November 5, 1919, in Desha, Arkansas, to …

Danny Rizzo, age 99, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, died Thursday, September 20, 2012, at Eaglecrest Nursing Home in Ash Flat, Arkansas. He was born in Marsicovetre, Italy on August 19, 1913, to Francesco and Maria (Curcio) Rizzo. He was a mechanical engineer for Lindberg Engineering …